Higbald of Lindisfarne

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name =Higbald of Lindisfarne


religion =Catholic
See =Diocese of Lindisfarne
Title = Bishop of Lindisfarne
Period = 781–802
Predecessor = Cynewulf
Successor =Egbert
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date of death =June 24 803
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Higbald of Lindisfarne (or Hygebald) was Bishop of Lindisfarne from 780Powicke "Handbook of British Chronology" p. 238] until his death on June 24 803. Powicke gives his death date as May 25 802.Powicke "Handbook of British Chronology" p. 238] Little is known about his life except that he was a regular communicator with Alcuin of York; it is in his letters to Alcuin that Higbald described in graphic detail the Viking raid on Lindisfarne on June 8 793 in which many of his monks were killed.

Notes

References

* Powicke, F. Maurice and E. B. Fryde "Handbook of British Chronology" 2nd. ed. London:Royal Historical Society 1961

External links

* [http://www.thenortheast.fsnet.co.uk/DurhamCityChronicle.htm Durham timeline featuring the raid in 793]
* [http://www.pase.ac.uk/pase/apps/persons/CreatePersonFrames.jsp?personKey=3540 Prosopography of Anglo Saxon England entry for Hygebald]

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NAME=Higbald
ALTERNATIVE NAMES= Hygebald
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Bishop of Lindisfarne
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DATE OF DEATH=June 24, 803
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